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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 345
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/07/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: First aid equipment |
| PT TAKING HER TEMPERATURE WHEN SHE ACCIDENTALLY BIT OFF END OF MERCURY THERMOMETER. UNSURE IF SHE SWALLOWED IT. D:POSS. FOREIGN BODY SWALLOWED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: First aid equipment |
| FOUND WITH THERMOMETER IN MOUTH DX: SUPP. MERCURY INJESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: First aid equipment, Aspirin substitutes |
| POSSIBLE INGESTION- OPENED A FIRST AID KIT & TOOK THE ***DX: INGESTION ION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2002 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: First aid equipment |
| FACIAL TINGLING RINGING IN EAR.TINNITIS CAUSED BY TOO MUCH ASPIRIN.USED USED ***S EAR-NO RUPTURE.DX;TINNITIS 2ND TO ASPIRIN-ADVERSE RXN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: First aid equipment |
| & 2YOM PUT BROKEN THERMOMETER IN MOUTH WITH MERCURY DX-POSSIBLE MERCURY INGESTION FROM BROKEN THERMOMETER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: First aid equipment |
| MOTHER CONCERNED WHETHER OR NOT THERMOMETER BROKE OFF IN CHILDS MOUTH WHILE HAVING TEMP. TAKEN. F.B. EXPOSURE/POSSIBLE INGESTION $ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: First aid equipment |
| TOOK BANDAGE OFF OFF BLOOD TEST SIGHT AND FAINTED;VASOVAGAL EPISODE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: First aid equipment |
| ACCIDENTAL INGESTION.PT SPEAKS NO ENGLISH AND DRANK A MELTED ICE PACK.I T HAS AMMONIUM NITRATE IN PACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: First aid equipment |
| PT BIT INTO GLASS THERMOMETER - POSSIBLY SWALLOWED GLASS AND MERCURY D: ACCIDENTAL ING/ POSS TRACE AMT OF MERCURY OF THERMOMETER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: First aid equipment |
| MOM FOUND BROKEN THERMOMETER IN PT.S BED DX: SUSPECTED MERCURY POISONING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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